DAVID MATHIAS CHILAMBO
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
Senior Engineer known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialized skills include complex problem-solving, advanced project management, and high knowledge in currently meteorological equipment technologies. Excel in leadership, teamwork, and communication, ensuring seamless collaboration and project success.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Engineer
TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AUTHOTHORITY
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
07.2005 - Current
- Upgraded existing hardware components when necessary to improve system efficiency.
- Participated in projects related to new infrastructure implementations or migrations from legacy platforms.
- Conducted regular maintenance activities on servers such as patching or cleaning up disk space usage.
- Analyzed log files from various sources such as application logs, system logs or firewall logs to detect any suspicious activity or potential threats.
- Configured advanced firewalls rules to ensure secure communication between internal networks and external entities.
- Created virtual machines using VMWare ESXi 5.5 hypervisor platform for testing purposes.
- Monitored systems performance to identify potential issues and provided solutions as needed.
- Ensured high availability of all critical systems by implementing redundancy measures like clustering or load balancing technologies.
- Installed, configured, maintained and administered multiple operating systems including Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, Linux Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise.
- Troubleshot networking connectivity issues within LAN and WAN environment utilizing packet sniffers such as Wireshark or tcpdump tools.
- Implemented network services such as DHCP, DNS, Active Directory and Group Policy Objects.
- Provided technical support to end-users across the organization with IT related issues and queries.
- Managed, troubleshot, backed up and restored data, operating systems, files, documents and drivers to provide comprehensive systems management and support.
- Performed preventive maintenance and upgraded systems to improve network, system, and data availability and integrity.
- Kept systems operating efficiently by performing necessary upgrades and repairs.
- Conducted basic troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems.
- Increased team productivity and automated repetitive tasks with batch files, PowerShell and VBScript.
- Participated in IT department meetings to identify continuous improvement opportunities and enhance delivery of IT services to users.
- Trained and directed users on correct use of software and hardware within systems.
- Coordinated with vendors and company personnel to facilitate purchases.
- Submitted recommendations regarding infrastructure overhauls.
- Analyzed equipment performance records to determine need for repair or replacement.
Education
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (DIT)
DAR ES SALAAM02-2012
Skills
- Management skills
- Staff Supervision
- Technical expertise
- Project Coordination
Certification
- Registered Professional Engineer by Engineers Registration Board of Tanzania (ERB)
Languages
Swahili
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Timeline
Senior Engineer
TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AUTHOTHORITY
07.2005 - Current
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (DIT)
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